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you may sleep, you will sleep sweetly 3, 25 and you will not be afraid of sudden terror nor of the assaults of the wicked as they come upon you From this we know that almsgiving removes terrifying visions that happen to us at night. The same thing is done also by meekness and lack of anger and long-suffering and whatever is suited to calm a troubled spirit, if indeed terrifying apparitions are accustomed to arise from the disturbance of the spirit. 37 3, 30 Do not be hostile toward a man for no reason, lest he work some evil against you This enmity toward one's neighbor works some evil. 38 3, 33 The curse of God is in the houses of the wicked; but the dwellings of the righteous are blessed Ignorance of the Lord is in the souls of the wicked; but knowledge of God is in the souls of the righteous. 39 3, 34 The Lord opposes the proud; but he gives grace to the humble Just as the Lord opposes the unjust as righteousness and liars as truth, so also does he oppose the proud as humility. 40 3, 35 The wise will inherit glory; but the wicked have exalted dishonor The wise will inherit knowledge; but the wicked have honored ignorance.

41 4, 2.1 For a good gift I give to you It must be noted here that he calls the law a good gift on account of the one who receives gifts unjustly in his bosom and is not guided aright. For there he calls the commands of the evil one unjust gifts, which the mind, by receiving, is not guided aright in its ways. 42 4, 2.2 do not forsake my law He forsakes the law who transgresses it. 43 4, 8.1 Enclose her with a fence, and she will exalt you If it is up to us to fence in wisdom, and the virtues are up to us, then the fences here signify the virtues, which exalt the knowledge of God. 44 4, 9 that she may give to your head a crown of graces; and with a crown of delight she will shield you A crown of graces and a crown of delight is the knowledge of God, which also shields us from every passionate thought and repels all false knowledge. 45 4, 10 Listen, son, and accept my words and the years of your life will be multiplied, so that there may be for you many ways of life These many ways lead to one way, the one that said, "I am the way." And he has spoken of many ways, the virtues which lead to the knowledge of Christ. 46 4, 15 in whatever place they may encamp, do not go there; but turn away from them and pass by The place of this army is wickedness and falsely named knowledge. 47 4, 16 For they will not sleep, unless they do evil, sleep has been taken from them, they do not sleep If the Lord gives sleep to his beloved, and the wicked are not his beloved, the Lord does not give sleep to the wicked. From this it is also possible to show plausibly that demons are not naturally constituted to sleep. 48 4, 17 For these eat the bread of impiety; and are drunk with the wine of lawlessness From this we know on what the army of the opposing power feeds; for, he says, its bread is impiety and its wine lawlessness. 49 4, 18 But the ways of the righteous shine like light, they go forth and give light, until the day is established Our virtues go before us and give us light, until the sun of righteousness shines its day upon us. 50 4, 19 But the ways of the wicked are dark, they do not know how they stumble The wicked do not even understand the manner in which they sin, nor do they know the cause from which they stumble, but they do not even know this very thing, that they are acting lawlessly, which is a sign of the utmost folly. 51 4, 21 so that your springs may not fail you, guard them in your heart He calls the virtues springs, from which is born the living water, which is the knowledge of Christ. And David: "the springs of the waters were seen," he says, "and the foundations of the world were revealed," that is, at the coming of our savior Christ. 52 4, 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; and let your eyelids give a just nod Those who have dispassionate thoughts and true doctrines, these see rightly. 53 4, 27 not

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καθεύδῃς, ἡδέως ὑπνώσεις 3, 25 καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσῃ πτόησιν ἐπελθοῦσαν οὐδὲ ὁρμὰς ἀσεβῶν ἐπερχομένας Ἐντεῦθεν γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη περιαιρεῖ φοβερὰς φαντασίας νύκτωρ ἡμῖν ἐπισυμβαινούσας. Τὸ αὐτὸ δὲ ποιεῖ καὶ πραΰτης καὶ ἀοργησία καὶ μακροθυμία καὶ ὅσα πέφυκε ταρασσόμενον καταστέλλειν θυμόν, εἴπερ ἐκ τῆς ταραχῆς τοῦ θυμοῦ τὰ φοβερὰ φάσματα εἴωθε γίνεσθαι. 37 3, 30 μὴ φιλεχθρήσῃς πρὸς ἄνθρωπον μάτην, μή τι εἰς σὲ ἐργάσηται κακόν Αὕτη ἡ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον ἔχθρα ἀπεργάζεταί τινα κακόν. 38 3, 33 κατάρα θεοῦ ἐν οἴκοις ἀσεβῶν· ἐπαύλεις δὲ δικαίων εὐλογοῦνται Ἄγνοια κυρίου ἐν ψυχαῖς ἀσεβῶν· γνῶσις δὲ θεοῦ ἐν ψυχαῖς δικαίων. 39 3, 34 κύριος ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται· ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν Ὥσπερ τοῖς ἀδίκοις ὁ κύριος ὡς δικαιοσύνη ἀντιτάσσεται καὶ τοῖς ψεύσταις ὡς ἀλήθεια, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς ὑπερηφάνοις ὡς ταπεινοφροσύνη ἀντιτάσσεται. 40 3, 35 δόξαν σοφοὶ κληρονομήσουσιν· οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ὕψωσαν ἀτιμίαν Γνῶσιν σοφοὶ κληρονομήσουσιν· οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἐτίμησαν ἀγνωσίαν.

41 4, 2.1 δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθὸν δωροῦμαι ὑμῖν Σημειωτέον ἐνταῦθα ὅτι δῶρον ἀγαθὸν ὀνομάζει τὸν νόμον διὰ τὸν λαμβάνοντα δῶρα ἐν κόλπῳ ἀδίκως καὶ μὴ κατευοδούμενον. Ἐκεῖ γὰρ δῶρα ἄδικα τὰ προστάγματα λέγει τοῦ πονηροῦ, ἅπερ ὁ νοῦς δεχόμενος οὐ κατευοδοῦται ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ. 42 4, 2.2 τὸν ἐμὸν νόμον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε Οὗτος ἐγκαταλιμπάνει τὸν νόμον ὁ παραβαίνων αὐτόν. 43 4, 8.1 περιχαράκωσον αὐτήν, καὶ ὑψώσει σε Εἰ ἐφ' ἡμῖν ἐστι τὸ χαρακῶσαι τὴν σοφίαν, αἱ δὲ ἀρεταί εἰσιν ἐφ' ἡμῖν, οἱ χάρακες ἄρα δηλοῦσιν ἐνταῦθα τὰς ἀρετάς, αἵτινες ὑψοῦσι τὴν γνῶσιν τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ. 44 4, 9 ἵνα δῷ τῇ σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον χαρίτων· στεφάνῳ δὲ τρυφῆς ὑπερασπίσῃ σου Στέφανος χαρίτων καὶ στέφανος τρυφῆς ἡ γνῶσίς ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἥτις καὶ ὑπερασπίζει ἡμῶν πάντα λογισμὸν ἐμπαθῆ καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπωθουμένη γνῶσιν ψευδῆς. 45 4, 10 ἄκουε, υἱέ, καὶ δέξαι ἐμοὺς λόγους καὶ πληθυνθήσεταί σοι ἔτη ζωῆς σου, ἵνα σοι γένωνται πολλαὶ ὁδοὶ βίου Αὗται αἱ πολλαὶ ὁδοὶ εἰς μίαν ἄγουσιν ὁδὸν τὴν εἰποῦσαν· «ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδός.» Πολλὰς δὲ εἴρηκεν ὁδοὺς τὰς ἀρετὰς τὰς φερούσας ἐπὶ τὴν γνῶσιν τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ. 46 4, 15 ἐν ᾧ ἂν τόπῳ στρατοπεδεύσωσιν, μὴ ἐπέλθῃς ἐκεῖ· ἔκκλινον δὲ ἀπ' αὐτῶν καὶ παράλλαξον Τούτου τοῦ στρατοῦ ὁ τόπος ἐστὶν ἡ κακία καὶ ἡ ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις. 47 4, 16 οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑπνώσωσιν, ἐὰν μὴ κακοποιήσωσιν, ἀφῄρηται ὁ ὕπνος ἀπ' αὐτῶν, οὐ κοιμῶνται Εἰ τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς αὐτοῦ δίδωσιν ὁ κύριος ὕπνον, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς οὐκ εἰσὶν αὐτοῦ ἀγαπητοί, τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν οὐ δίδωσιν ὕπνον ὁ κύριος. Ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ἔστι καὶ πιθανῶς δεῖξαι ὅτι οὐδὲ καθεύδειν πεφύκασιν οἱ δαίμονες. 48 4, 17 οἵδε γὰρ σιτοῦνται σῖτα ἀσεβείας· οἴνῳ δὲ παρανόμῳ μεθύσκονται Ἐντεῦθεν γινώσκομεν τίσι τρέφεται ὁ στρατὸς τῆς ἀντικειμένης δυνάμεως· σῖτα γάρ, φησίν, αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἀσέβεια καὶ οἶνος παρανομία. 49 4, 18 αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν δικαίων ὁμοίως φωτὶ λάμπουσιν, προπορεύονται καὶ φωτίζουσιν, ἕως κατορθώσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα Προπορεύονται ἡμῶν αἱ ἀρεταὶ καὶ φωτίζουσιν ἡμᾶς, ἕως ἂν ὁ ἥλιος τῆς δικαιοσύνης τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἡμέραν ἡμῖν ἐπιλάμψῃ. 50 4, 19 αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ τῶν ἀσεβῶν σκοτειναί, οὐκ οἴδασιν πῶς προσκόπτουσιν Οὐδὲ τὸν τρόπον πῶς ἁμαρτάνουσιν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ἐπίστανται οὐδὲ τὴν αἰτίαν γινώσκουσι πόθεν προσκόπτουσιν, ἀλλ' οὐδ' αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἴσασιν ὅτι παρανομοῦσιν, ὅπερ ἐστὶ γνώρισμα τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀνοίας. 51 4, 21 ὅπως μὴ ἐκλίπωσίν σε αἱ πηγαί σου, φύλασσε αὐτὰς ἐν σῇ καρδίᾳ Πηγὰς λέγει τὰς ἀρετάς, ἀφ' ὧν γεννᾶται τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ζῶν, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἡ γνῶσις ἡ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Καὶ ὁ ∆αυίδ· «ὤφθησαν, φησίν, αἱ πηγαὶ τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ ἀνεκαλύφθησαν τὰ θεμέλια τῆς οἰκουμένης», παρὰ τὴν ἐπιδημίαν δηλονότι τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ. 52 4, 25 οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὀρθὰ βλεπέτωσαν· τὰ δὲ βλέφαρά σου νευέτω δίκαια Ὅσοι λογισμοὺς ἔχουσιν ἀπαθεῖς καὶ δόγματα ἀληθῆ, οὗτοι ὁρῶσιν ὀρθά. 53 4, 27 μὴ